Combined hinged and sliding door



A. RUSH. COMBINED HINGED AND SLIDING DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 19H.

Patented July 27, 1920.

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COMBINED HlN-GEDAND SLIDING DOOR.

APPLICATION mm JULY 2. 1917.

1,348, 1 25, Patented July '27, 1920.

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wwntoz AZbertRush UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT RUSH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KINNEAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, .A-CORPORA'IION OF OHIO.

COMBINED HINGED A-ND SLIDING DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July. 2, 1917. Serial No. 178,302. 4

hinged panel or section and a panel sliding of swingin with reference thereto, means being provided in connection therewith for operating the'same so that the structure when in elevated or opened position serves as an awnin The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described, the features of novelty being claimed at the close of the description.

In the drawings 1 Figure 1' is a front elevation with parts in section showing the panels extended or .in opening-closing position.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, the broken lines showing the door in elevated or open position.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the upper portion of the structure, said view being broken out and contracted at the middle.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the upper ends of the stationary channels and guides the panels being omitted.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the upper ends of-the two panels.

In the views 5 designates the upper panel or section which is connected in any suitable manner by means of hinges as at 6, 6, to the walls 7 of a building above the door way or opening therein, and so as to be capable upward on said hin es. The upper pane has secured to its vertical edges a bent metallic strip 8 forming with the panel guides or channels at the rear side of the panel (see Fig. 5) between which guides the lower panel travels when that panel is raised and lowered and by which guides said panel is supported when brought to awningserving. position. Pivoted on pins 9 at the opposite edges ofthe upper panel are pivotal struts 10' the lower ends of which are equipped with rollers 11 on stud axles 12. Said stud axles 12 carry loose yokes 13 and 13 to receive the ends of an operating cord or chain as hereinafter described. 14 and 14 Patented Ji1ly27, 1920.

designate small vertical grooved tracks upon I which the rollers 11 travel. I

15 designates the lower panel. This panel travels in suitable permanent channels 16 aflixe'd to the lower portion of the door or window opening. The channels 16 have secured thereto or formed therewith outward extensions or guards 15" that inclose the tracks 1-1 at their lower ends and prevent the pivotal struts 10 from unduly swinging outward when lowered.

Mounted above the left hand corner of the upper panel are pulleys 17 and 18 and mounted above the right hand corner of said panel are pulleys 17 a and l8 and pulleys 20 and 21. The pulleys 17 a and 18 are best arranged in horizontal line with the pulleys l7 and 18. All these pulleys are loose or turn independent of one another.

The character 22 designates a weight which should be of sufilcient weight to counterbalance the panels or sections so as to hold each or both of them yieldingly in the operative position to which they may be moved. Carried with the weight 22 at its upper end are two loose pulleys 23 and 24.

Connected with the upper left hand corner of the lower or rear panel and-with the left hand yoke 13 are the opposite ends of a. single chain, cord or other flexible member 25 that extends from said points of connection up around the pulleys'l7 and 18 and 17 and 18 and thence down in loop form around the weight pulley 23; and connected with the upper right hand corner of the first raised until it substantially coincides with the upper section after which the combined panels can be swung outward from the opening to awning position as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1. In this position the weight of the panels is partly sustained or braced by the pivotal struts 10. To close the shutter or door the operation is reversed, that is,'the panels together are swung down to vertical position and then the rear or lower panel lowered alone from its position in rear of the upper panel.

The upper panel or section can, if desired or necessary, be provided at each of its lower corners with a gravity catch, as at 30, having at its lower end an inwardly bent lip 31. These catches are conveniently pivoted on the stud pins 9. When the combined panels are swung outward toward awning serving position the lips of these catches swing by gravity under the lower corners of the raised lower panel and serve to prevent any accidental or undue movement of that panel until both panels are restored to vertical position. To liberate the lower panel each of the latches is furnished with a lug as at 32 which when the panels are brought to near vertical position abuts against the adjacent pivotal strut 10 and is thereby pushed from under the rear or lower panel permitting the latter to descend.

The forms of the parts can be varied withoutldeparting from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is: V p 1. A door, shutter or the like including, in combination, a hinged upper section, a lower section to slide into connection with the upper section, a pivotal strut hinged at one end to the upper section, a guide in which the other end of the strut travels, flexible means for raising the lower section into coincidence with the upper section and means connected with that end of the strut which travels in the guide for raising the strut and thereby deflecting both sections and counterweighting means supported by said flexible means.

2. A door, shutter or the like including in combination, a hinged upper section, a lower section to slide into connection with the upper section, automatically operative means for latching said sections together when raised, a pivotal strut hinged at one end to the upper section, a guide in which the other end of the strut travels, flexible means for raising the lower section into coincidence with the upper section, and flexible means connected with that end of the strut which travels in the guide for raising the strut and thereby deflecting both sections, counterweighting means supported by said flexible means, ,one of said struts adapted to disengage said latching means when the sections are lowered from deflected position.

- ALBERT RUSH. 

